My Mother the Carjacker

"My Mother the Carjacker"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.Season 15
Episode 2
Directed byNancy Kruse
Written byMichael Price
Production codeEABF18
Original air dateNovember 9, 2003 (2003-11-09)
Guest appearance
Glenn Close as Mona Simpson
Episode features
Couch gagThe Simpsons sit on the couch as normal, but then begin to decay and turn to dust.[1]
CommentaryAl Jean
Michael Price
Matt Selman
Tom Gammill
Max Pross
Marc Wilmore
Dan Castellaneta
Episode chronology
List of episodes

"My Mother the Carjacker" is the second episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 9, 2003.[2] In the episode, Homer receives a cryptic message in the newspaper informing him to come to a certain place at midnight, and soon discovers that the person who wrote the message is his mother, Mona Simpson. It was written by Michael Price and directed by Nancy Kruse.[2] Glenn Close makes her second of eleven guest spots as Homer's mother.[2] It has a direct link from the season seven episode "Mother Simpson".[3] It was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award in 2004.[4] In its original run, the episode received 12.4 million viewers.[5]

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  2. ^ a b c "The Simpsons 15x02 "My Mother the Carjacker"". Trakt. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  3. ^ "The Simpsons present: "My Mother the Carjacker"". The Simpsons. November 9, 2003. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008. Retrieved May 2, 2008.
  4. ^ "Simpsons scoop script nominations". BBC News. January 20, 2004. Retrieved May 2, 2008.
  5. ^ "Simpsons Channel News Archive; RATINGS: "My Mother the Carjacker"". The Simpsons. November 9, 2003. Archived from the original on March 9, 2008. Retrieved May 2, 2008.

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